LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Arthur William GREER
Service No: 404476
Born: Charters Towers QLD, 1 August 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 September 1940
Unit: No. 27 Operational Training Unit (RAF), RAF Station Lichfield
Died: Air Operations: (No. 27 Operational Training Unit Wellington aircraft Z8901), Belgium, 28 April 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Charleroi Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Edmund and Margaret May Greer, of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Townsville QLD
Remembered: Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2241 hours on the night of 27 April 1942, Wellington Z8901 took off from Lichfield detailed to scatter leaflets in the Lille region of France. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed at Sauter (Namur), 3 kms south south east of Philiperville, Belgium and the crew members were killed.
The crew members of Z8901 were:
Sergeant George Anthony Dale (1285732) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Arthur William Greer (404476) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Eric Charles Inder (403008) (RNZAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Walter James Jewell (1166707) (RAFVR) (Observer)
Sergeant Wilfred George Mutton (403766) (RNZAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/118/336